Our clients come to us for many reasons. Some have a hankering
for a traditionally
built home and want us to take their idea and turn
it into the finished product. Others desire a dwelling that is totally
unique or a practical and economical building for business purposes. Many
want buildings made from sustainable resources that blend in with the
natural surroundings, and desire a place that is a retreat from the stresses
of every-day life.

We help them decide on the best design and deal with the local authority
so our clients don’t have the hassle of getting planning agreed.
The logs we use are individually selected and finished by hand so that
the quality is quite unlike that of a factory mass-produced log cabin.
All our clients are presented with a totally bespoke product that is created
just for them.

Log House Company Building Specifications

We use large logs in the round, average mean diameter of 420mm
(16 1/2”real speak) and up to 500mm (24”). We can achieve
0.3 “U” value and calculate 0.15 U with a layer of hemp and
lime as either an internal or external skin. We have a pressure test rating
of 2.63. This is a comparatively new test where pressurized air is measured
to calculate how energy efficient a structure is; 1-10 is a pass, 11-15
a fail. Not bad for a Log House!

We have calculated carbon neutral as the big trees are nearing the end
of their carbon cycle and using F.S.C. timber will ensure new trees will
be planted and hence absorb greater quantities of our carbon without a
complaint.

Each build will only use minimal amounts of fuel, i.e. unrivaled low “embodied
energy”. On top of this, we use a local, natural raw material. One
which from a forestry view point is actually past its normal harvest date
and has very little footprint as they travel a tiny amount to be produced
into a home.

A new build is expected to reach 10% renewable material use, we come in
at around 80% approx. If combined with sensible utilities; heat exchange
pumps, reed bed waste and grey water systems, Photo Voltaic and/or wind
power, then it would be very hard indeed to find a “greener”
more eco-friendly home than a Log House Co Ltd build.

We still find it amusing at the Log House that with all our “progress”
in recent decades with materials and policies, a form of building which
has stood the test of time for centuries should re-emerge as the one to
meet and in most cases exceed current regulations.

About Log Building

Building with natural wood is a centuries-old, traditional craft. The
early American settlers were some of the most skilled builders of log
houses, log cabins, and log shelters in the world. Their skills, which
originated from Scandinavia in Europe, made use of the most natural and
abundant building material – trees.

This way of building has survived into the 21st century because it is
environmentally friendly and provides accommodation that is soothing to
most of our senses.

In our modern age of building regulations, and with ‘green issues’
becoming more and more important, our log houses (with origins that precede
most other types of building) tick more ‘green’ boxes than
councils are asking for at present. The Log House Company’s houses
offer arguably the best modern alternative available because of their
many excellent characteristics – aesthetics, thermal insulation,
exceptionally low embodied energy, environmental friendliness and naturally
renewable.

The Log House Company’s Skills

The techniques used by The Log House Company were learned during 1984
while constructing log buildings for native Indians in British Columbia,
Canada. Working alongside a professional log builder, skills were learnt
from seeing how logs were selected and cut, and by helping to create shelters
and homes made entirely from logs high in the Rocky Mountains. Many other
log buildings on the reserve, like the band office (similar to a local
council office) and houses, were fully functional buildings made from
logs. Today we use those same skills to construct buildings for our clients.

Our Log Cabins, Log Houses and Log Buildings

In 1985, the first log building we constructed in the UK served as a transportable
display cabin for many years, and is now used as a fishing lodge beside
a trout lake. One of our earliest buildings from 1987, with a full-length
verandah, is still providing somewhere restful to sit and contemplate
the garden.

Although many people describe buildings made from logs as “log cabins”,
we prefer to call them log buildings. Whether the purpose of that building
is a garden room, an office, an annex, a mobile home, or a permanent home,
we manufacture buildings that are designed for their purpose to the highest
standards of quality and beauty.

Choose The Log House Company and you will have a building whose beauty
is enhanced with age, and solid enough to last a lifetime.